حوى

حِوَاآءٌ حواآء A place that comprises, comprehends, or contains, a thing: for instance, the belly [or womb] of the mother is a حواآء to the child [or fœtus]. (TA.) ― -b2- A collection of tents (بُيُوت), near together; as also ↓ مُحَوًّى: (K:) or a collection of tents (بيوت) of people, made of camel's fur: (S:) or a collection of tents (بيوت) of people, at a water: (TA:) pl. أَحْوِيَةٌ: (S, TA:) and ↓ محتوى [app. مُحْتَوًى] and ↓ محوى [app. مَحْوًى] signify a place in which the tents (بيوت) of a tribe are collected together: (Lth, TA:) the last is of the dial. of El-Yemen, where it is applied to a few small tents collected together in a tract, or region, of fruitful, or productive, land: (TA:) and its pl. is محاوى [or, more probably, مَحَاوٍ; with the article, المَحَاوِى]. (Lth, TA.) A tent of [ goats' ] hair, and of [ camels' ] fur, of the Arabs of the desert. (KL.)